TOP 100 WEIGHT LOSS SITES
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| Children In UK Estimated To Be More Active Than They Actually Are The physical activity levels of children in the United Kingdom have been enormously overestimated, according to an article released on September 9, 2008 in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, one of the BMJ Specialty journals. UK public health policy and practice is generally informed by annual health survey data. However, according to the authors of this article, this survey has not yet been validated. medicalnewstoday.com |
More Action Needed To Curb Obesity In Children More radical measures are needed to tackle childhood obesity, campaigners said this week after figures showed no decline in the number of overweight and obese children. Almost a quarter of four- to five-year-olds in England's primary schools are overweight or obese, according to the latest data from the NHS Information Centre. And almost one in three children aged 10 to 11 are also overweight or obese, the figures showed. medicalnewstoday.com |
The Morbidly Obese Remain Sedentary For More Than 99 Percent Of The Day A new study appearing in Clinical Cardiology examines the average fitness level of the morbidly obese (body mass indexes between 40.0 and 49.9). The findings show that the tested population was sedentary for more than 99 percent of the day and, on average, walked less than 2,500 steps per day - far below healthy living guidelines of 10,000 steps per day. The results provide important links between obesity, poor fitness and cardiovascular disease. medicalnewstoday.com |
Novel Non-Surgical Therapy Dramatically Increases Weight Loss In Obese Patients; Results From Pilot Clinical Study Presented At ASMBS GI Dynamics, a leader in non-surgical treatments for type 2 diabetes and obesity, today announced results from a pilot clinical study which demonstrated the substantially enhanced weight loss effects of combining the company's EndoBarrier Gastrointestinal Liner with a new EndoBarrier Flow Restrictor. medicalnewstoday.com |
Common Mental Disorders May Be Linked To An Increased Risk Of Obesity People with common mental disorders such as depression and anxiety are at increased risk of becoming obese, according to new research published on BMJ.com today. The findings also show that individuals with chronic or repeat episodes of common mental disorders are particularly at risk, say the authors. medicalnewstoday.com |